DeRay Mckesson Quotes
There will always be a rule. There will be people who break the rules. There will be consequences. We fundamentally think these things will be true for a time. The question becomes, What are the consequences? Who enforces the consequences? What are the worst consequences?
Quotes to Explore
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America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts.
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It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that.
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Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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If you're a psychologist, you can instrumentally change peoples lives for the better. But you can only do that for about 300 people to maybe a thousand people - if you're really prolific and you're working really hard.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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I don't like Botox. It makes a very strange forehead.
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The acting came about because of a girl. I was 19 and met a girl who wanted to go to the premiere drama school in Australia, the National Institute of Dramatic Arts, where Mel Gibson, Cate Blanchett and many others went. She had an audition, and I went with her for moral support - to cheer her on. I did an audition my way, and it kept going.
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India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.
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I will never abandon you. I love you too much.
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I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.
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It was hard to watch, the business side is so big in the game.
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I usually tried to stay in the net for 45 minutes, half an hour longer than most batsmen would stick at the county nets. There was a reason for this so-called gluttony of practice: it was a conscious effort to make myself concentrate for long periods of time in circumstances as close to the real thing as I could make them.
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How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!
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There will always be a rule. There will be people who break the rules. There will be consequences. We fundamentally think these things will be true for a time. The question becomes, What are the consequences? Who enforces the consequences? What are the worst consequences?
